Harps announced they are buying 9 former Walmart Express locations, including the one in Gravette.

Harps announced they are buying 9 former Walmart Express locations, including the one in Gravette.

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Updated: 8:10 PM CDT Jun 8, 2016

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WEBVTT I SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR HERE PTODAY ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR PTHE COMMUNITY. PINCLUDED IN THOSE NINE STORES PARE GRAVETTE, GENTRY, PRAIRIE PGROVE, CEDARVILLE, MANSFIELD AND PCHARLESTON AS WELL AS THREE POTHERS IN MISSOURI. PAFTER SPEAKING WITH THE MAYOR OF PGRAVETTE, HE TELLS ME THAT PWALMART LEAVING HAS HAD A BI PIMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. PSPECIFICALLY, THE SENIORS HERE. P>> THE BIGGEST IMPACT HAS BEEN PON OUR SENIOR CENTER, AND THE PBILLY V HALL SENIOR CENTER HAS PBEEN TRYING TO DRIVE SENIORS PONCE A WEEK TO STORES SO THEY PCAN HAVE A PLACE TO SHOP BECAUSE PWE ARE QUITE A BIT AWAY FROM ANY PCLOSE STORE FROM WHERE WE ARE PLOCATED AT. PTHIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS PCHRISTHIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS PANOTHER GROCERY STORE IS BEING P: BUILT IN GRAVETTE. P>> WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE TWO PGROCERY STORES IN TOWN WITH A PFULL-SERVICE. PCHRIS: HARPS IS NOT RELEASING PANY DETAILS ABOUT THE STORES PTHAT THEY BOUGHT UNTIL THE DEAL PIS FINALIZED SOMETIME AT THE END POF THE MONTH, BUT THE MAYOR DID PTELL ME THIS. PFAX WE DON'T HAVE ANY OFFICIAL PPLANS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT YET PBUT THE ONLY OFFICIAL THING WE PDO HAVE IS THAT THEY HAVE PUT A

Harps to buy 9 Walmarts that closed earlier this year

Harps announced they are buying 9 former Walmart Express locations, including the one in Gravette.